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Photos: Nas and Damian ‘Jr. Gong’ Marley KCRW Live Session
Nas and Damian Marley by Jeremiah Garcia Last night, KCRW taped a live performance session with Hip-hop icon Nas and Damian ‘Jr. Gong’ Marley (the youngest son of Bob!) that will air on DJ Garth...
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Hear New EP from South Africa’s BLK JKS Exclusively on KCRW.com!
South Africa’s BLK JKS are set to perform at the first-ever FIFA World Cup Kick-Off Celebration Concert at Orlando Stadium in Soweto and we have the exclusive preview of their new record streaming now...
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Nas and Damian ‘Junior Gong’ Marley Live Performance on KCRW
Nas and Damian Marley by Jeremiah Garcia About 150 people were in attendance when KCRW DJ Garth Trinidad hosted an intimate performance with hip-hop icon Nas and Grammy award-winning reggae artist...
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KCRW’s “Summer Nights” Starts This Saturday!
Our free, all ages music series starts this Saturday with a performance by Hot Hot Heat at One Colorado in Pasadena. This summer, KCRW is bringing live music and DJs directly to music fans all over...
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World Fest Starts This Sunday!
KCRW DJ Garth Trinidad will be hosting this Sunday’s World Festival kick off concert at the Hollywood Bowl. ALL of us here at KCRW love our Bowl shows so much and we know you do to. A personal note...
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Photos: Janelle Monae KCRW Live Session
Janelle Monae by Jessica Holmes Photography KCRW was an early supporter of R&B diva Janelle Monae around the release of her first EP and the soon-to-be superstar returned the favor by performing as...
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Goapele is Back, Plays Free Show in Downtown LA on Wednesday
From KCRW DJ Garth Trinidad: Bay Area songbird Goapele has an incredibly powerful and alluring voice and we’re excited to hear new material from her soon. She is about to drop her long-awaited new...
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Dam Funk on KCRW TONIGHT at 9pm!
Dam Funk by Matthew Scott KCRW DJ Garth Trinidad hosts Dam-Funk for a Guest DJ set on Monday, July 12 at 9pm, with treats from his personal beat stash. More from Garth: LA based DJ/producer Dam-Funk...
View ArticleFoals: Artist You Should Know
KCRW DJ Garth Trinidad shares his love for Mercury Prize-nominated UK band Foals, whose new album “True Life Forever” is out now on Sub Pop: “The new record from UK’s Foals has got some funk to it. It...
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Bibi Tanga & the Selenites: Artist You Should Know
Singer, bassist and bandleader Bibi Tanga has been dubbed the future of funk, read more from KCRW DJ Garth Trinidad. What Bibi Tanga is doing with partner Professeur Inlassable and The Selenites band...
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Yoko Ono on KCRW Tonight with Garth Trinidad
KCRW DJ Garth Trinidad sat down with Yoko Ono to talk about her new recordings and the various collaborators on her new Plastic Ono Band stage show, which comes to the Orpheum Theater (and is Presented...
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Hear Yoko Ono’s Interview on KCRW
Yoko Ono joined KCRW DJ Garth Trinidad last night for an interview about her new recordings, the origins of the Plastic Ono Band, her various collaborators in her new stage show, and a discussion of...
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Zion I: Artist You Should Know
By KCRW DJ Garth Trinidad: “Art is not about living in the past” so says emcee Zumbi AKA Zion, of Oakland-based hip hop mainstay Zion I. He’s referring to the duo’s forward progression of work dating...
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CFCF: Artist You Should Know
CFCF by Gabriel Schauf via Last FM From KCRW DJ Garth Trinidad: Montreal’s CFCF is forging a new kind of baby making music. With a production style slightly akin to German colleagues like Boozoo Bajou,...
View ArticleFirst Friday’s is Back! Little Dragon and KCRW DJs
KCRW DJs Anthony Valadez and Garth Trinidad will join Swedish band Little Dragon as the musical talent to kick off the Natural History Museum’s First Fridays series in 2011. The show, on January 7,...
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Superhumanoids: Local Band We Love
From KCRW DJ Garth Trinidad: I love it when people turn me on to music. It’s a huge help when fans, listeners, and friends present me with something they themselves really dig. It’s a kind and very...
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KCRW Presents First Fridays with Little Dragon and Sister Crayon
Click here to view the embedded video. KCRW favorites Little Dragon will headline the first show in the Natural History Museum’s 2011 First Fridays series, kicking off this Friday, January 7. Not only...
View ArticleCassius, I Love You So. I Really Do
I’m not an on air personality at KCRW, but I am so passionate about our music programming that they like to throw me on as a sidekick with nighttime DJs Garth Trinidad and Raul Campos during our pledge...
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Actress Rashida Jones is Our Guest DJ
Rashida Jones is one of my favorite comedic actresses – from “The Office” and “Parks and Recreation” to “I Love You, Man” (a movie I appreciate more and more as my boyfriend attempts to turn me into a...
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Garth Trindad Hosts Mizell Bros + Todd Simon at Red Bull Music Academy
Red Bull Music Academy From KCRW DJ Garth Trinidad: Last week, as part of a private session for Red Bull Music Academy, I had the distinct honor and pleasure of moderating a discussion with old school...
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SXSW Preview: Raphael Saadiq
From KCRW DJ Garth Trinidad: The year was 1989, I was in 9th grade, and Tony! Toni! Tone! broke the top 10 of the Hot 100 with the single “Feels Good.” The song was electric. It was the gateway to an...
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RIP Adam Yauch: Garth Trinidad and Raul Campos Pay Tribute
Friday night shows pay tribute to the late member of The Beastie Boys, Adam Yauch. Garth Trinidad Raul Campos
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KCRW Exclusive: Stream Tijuana Panthers’“NOBO”
Tijuana Panthers Last week, KCRW DJ Garth Trinidad played a brand new track by the Long Beach, CA surf-rock trio Tijuana Panthers called “NOBO.” On its surface, it’s a perfect lazy summer day stroll...
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra + De Lux at First Fridays!
Saving the best for last is still the best way to save & tomorrow’s final installment of the Natural History Museums First Fridays series is no exception. With an incredible lineup featuring...
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Celebrating NYE With KCRW DJs
KCRW DJs will be around town bringing in the New Year! __________________________________________________________ NEW YEAR’S EVE TWENTY FIFTEEN BLACK + GOLD BALL WHO: KCRW DJs Jason Bentley and Valida...
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